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AFBaseElement.GetAttributesByTrait Method

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AFBaseElement.GetAttributesByTrait Method

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Last UpdatedJan 12, 2026
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Retrieves a list of child AFAttribute objects identified by the specified list of attribute traits.

Namespace: OSIsoft.AF.Asset
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.2.0.7

Syntax

public IList<AFAttribute> GetAttributesByTrait(
	ICollection<AFAttributeTrait> traits
)

Public Function GetAttributesByTrait ( 
	traits As ICollection(Of AFAttributeTrait)
) As IList(Of AFAttribute)

Dim instance As AFBaseElement
Dim traits As ICollection(Of AFAttributeTrait)
Dim returnValue As IList(Of AFAttribute)

returnValue = instance.GetAttributesByTrait(traits)

public:
IList<AFAttribute^>^ GetAttributesByTrait(
	ICollection<AFAttributeTrait^>^ traits
)

member GetAttributesByTrait : 
        traits : ICollection<AFAttributeTrait> -> IList<AFAttribute>

Parameters

traits: Type: System.Collections.GenericICollectionAFAttributeTrait
The list of AFAttributeTrait objects to match against the child attributes.

Return Value

Type: IListAFAttribute
Returns a list of child AFAttribute objects identified by the specified list of attribute traits. Returns an empty list if an AFAttribute with any of the specified traits does not exist.

Remarks

This method will search the child AFAttribute collection and return a list of all attributes that match any of the specified attribute traits.

Version Information

AFSDK

Supported in: 3.1.1, 3.1.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.10.11, 2.10.5, 2.10.0, 2.10, 2.9.5, 2.9, 2.8.5, 2.8

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